Kitchen range



KITCHEN RANGE Filed Dec. 6, 1940 Patented Een. 2, 1941 TEN GPICApplication December 6, 1940, Serial No. 368,748 In Canada July 31, 19403 Claims.

This invention relates to a kitchen range, which uses coal, coke or woodas fuel, wherein provision is made for a double stove top which hasadvantages not heretofore obtained.

The kitchen range which I have devised is provided with a double top soarranged that during the summer months less heat is radiated into thekitchen, thus keeping the kitchen cooler during this period of the year,and during the winter and spring months functions in the same manner asa single top stove. Another advantage is that in the summertime lessfuel is required for baking purposes because the loss of heat to thekitchen is reduced to a.minimum.

Other and further advantages of this invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and accompanying drawing which shows a perspectiveview, partly in section, illustrative of the manner in which myinvention is constructed.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawing.

The drawing illustrates a coal or wood range which is constructed in theusual manner. The stove has the usual end walls I0, I I, fire box I2,oven I3, and a top which is divided into two sections, the section I4overlying the fire box and the section I5 overlying the oven. Betweenthe top of the oven I3 and the section I5 of the top, there is a passageI3 for the hot gases generated in the re box, the passage I6 forming asecondary combustion chamber. The section I5 of the top is separatedfrom the passage IB by a partition I'I which is spaced below theunderside of the section l5 so that a chamber is formed therebelow.

The partition Il is provided with an inlet I8 adjacent the fire box andan outlet I9 remote from the fire box. In order that the inlet I8 andthe outlet I9 may be closed as desired, they are provided with dampers20, 2 I, respectively.v Each of the dampers 2li, 2! are provided with ashaft 22 which extends through the front wall of the stove, each shafthaving mounted on the other end thereof a knob 23.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the kitchen range which Ihave devised is provided with a double top so constructed that duringthe Winter months the top I5 can be heated and during the summer monthsthe heat can be cut off from the top I5. When it is desired to heat thesection I5 of the top, the dampers 20, 2l are opened as shown in thedrawing and a portion of the hot gases generated in the fire box willpass through the chamber I7 as indicated by the arrows which show thedirection of iiow of the gases. By closing both dampers, the flow of thehot gases through the chamber I1 is entirely cut oi and the section I5is unheated by the gases. If it is desired to partially heat the top I5which may be desirable in spring or autumn, one cr other of the dampers26, 2I may be opened.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

l. A kitchen range comprising a re box, an oven and a top, a passagewayfor the products of combustion surrounding said oven, a plate in saidpassageway substantially parallel to and between the top of said ovenand said range top, side and end walls securing said plate to theunderside of said range top, and closable openings permitting the flowof the combustion gases through the chamber formed by said plate andwalls.

2. A kitchen range comprising a fire box, an oven and a top, apassageway for the products of combustion surrounding said oven, a platein said passageway substantially parallel to and between the top of saidoven and said range top, side and end walls securing said plate to theunderside of said range top, and openings in said plate to permit theflow of combustion gases through the compartment formed by said plateand walls, the openings being approximate to and remote from the re boxend of said plate, and means for closing said openings.

3. A kitchen range comprising a re box, an oven and a top, a passagewayfor the products of combustion surrounding said oven, a plate in saidpassageway substantially parallel to and between the top of said ovenand said range top, side and end walls securing said plate to theunderside of said range top, means for creating a dead-air space in thechamber formed by said plate and walls to insulate said range topagainst the transfer of heat thereto, and means permitting the regulatedflow of the hot combustion gases through said chamber.

ZACHARIAH ADAM HALL.

